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kwaiken
[kwahy-ken, kahy-]
noun
plural
kwaikena kind of folding pocketknife.
a curved dagger formerly used by Japanese women in ceremonial suicide.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kwaiken1
First recorded in 2010–15; from Japanese k(w)aiken, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese á “bosom” + ᾱà “sɴǰ”
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